Major Requirements
Students admitted to Ashoka in 2022 and thereafter fall within the NEP Programs. Credit requirements for interdisciplinary majors are listed below.
Four-year Economics and Public Policy UG degree (BA Hons. degree) requires 20 major courses, each of 4 credits. The structure of the 20 courses is the following:
- 12 compulsory courses in Economics: these include — Introduction to Economics, Mathematics for Economics, Microeconomic Theory I, Macroeconomic Theory I, Statistics for Economics, Microeconomic Theory II, Macroeconomic Theory II, Econometrics, Development Economics, Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics and Advanced Econometrics.
- Any 8 economics or public policy electives, of which at least 4 public policy electives.
In addition to this one can do a four-year BA Honours with Research with an additional Dissertation of 12 credits. The exact breakdown of the year-long sequence will be announced after the university discussions by the end of the academic year 2024-25.
Three-year Economics and Public Policy UG degree (BA degree) comprised of 15 major courses, each of 4 credits. The structure of the 15 courses will be the following.
- The 9 compulsory Economics major courses include — Introduction to Economics, Mathematics for Economics, Microeconomic Theory I, Macroeconomic Theory I, Statistics for Economics, Microeconomic Theory II, Macroeconomic Theory II, Econometrics, and Development Economics.
- Any 6 economics or public policy electives, of which at least 3 public policy electives.
Note: Students graduating in 3 years can of course take more than 3 public policy courses. In that case, they have to take correspondingly fewer electives. Similarly, students graduating in 4 years can take more than 4 public policy courses with a corresponding reduction in the number of electives.
